A local security official said the mosque was packed with people attending Friday prayer services. Zahir Hussain told CBS News he was parking to go into the mosque when the massive explosion threw him against his car door.

The U.S. has given Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach a deal to end the nearly four‑year war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters, as Russian strikes on energy infrastructure forced nuclear power plants to cut output on Saturday.

Top U.S. nuclear official accuses China of conducting a secret nuclear test in 2020 and confirms plans to restart U.S. nuclear testing, citing a need to match covert detonations by Beijing and Moscow.

Catholic officials say that gunmen in northwest Nigeria have killed three villagers and abducted 11 others including a Catholic priest during a predawn attack in Kaduna state.

Italy had a fantastic start to the medal events at its home Winter Olympics. Francesca Lollobrigida earned the first Italian gold medal of the Milan Cortina Games in the women's 3000-meter event in speed skating.

Polls are predicting a landslide for Sanae Takaichi on Sunday, which would give her direct public backing as she seeks to boost Japan’s defense capabilities.

The 37-year-old Iranian beautician marched with her friends through the streets in her hometown of Karaj, taking video as they chanted against Iran's rulers

Haiti’s presidential council stepped down on Saturday after almost two years of tumultuous rule alongside a U.S.-backed prime minister, who is expected to remain in power as the country prepares for the first general elections in a decade.